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diff --git a/plugins/examples/host-toolchain/README.md b/plugins/examples/host-toolchain/README.md index 0946909..b571e4b 100644 --- a/plugins/examples/host-toolchain/README.md +++ b/plugins/examples/host-toolchain/README.md @@ -33,6 +33,24 @@ confirm the normal `qt` test with the cross-compiled `qtbase` libraries. **N.B.** shared `gcc` doesn't work with the test program. To build a shared test, use the additional option `gcc-host_CONFIGURE_OPTS=--disable-shared`. +#### CMake + +``` +make cmake-host MXE_PLUGIN_DIRS=plugins/examples/host-toolchain/ +``` + +CMake defaults to Visual Studio generators and additional configuration is +required for [MinGW or MSYS Makefiles][cmake-generators]. MinGW uses `cmd.exe` +and requires `mingw32-make`, MSYS uses `make` and requires `/bin/sh`. The +latter is recommended for further investigation since it's closest to the +normal environment MXE expects. See the following projects for shells and +terminal emulators: + + - [MSYS2](https://msys2.github.io/) + - [Git for Windows](https://git-for-windows.github.io/) - uses MSYS2 + - [ConEmu](https://conemu.github.io/) - usable terminal + - [cmder](http://cmder.net/) - bundles ConEmu and Git + Why? ---- @@ -40,3 +58,7 @@ Simply for curiosity, it's hard to see a practical use for this. Certainly, attempting to use it as a way to bootstrap MXE on Windows would strain one's sanity and cross-compiling is the recommended way (even if that means running a Linux VM on Windows). + + + +[cmake-generators]:https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake-generators.7.html |